In this week’s reading of Exodus, the girls and Orleanna are
forced to move on after Ruth May’s death. The new paths that each of their
lives take represents their character, moral standards, and how they handle
themselves with remorse and grief.
After
the death, Orleanna, Adah, and Leah begin to finally walk away from Nathan and
take their own steps to freedom. While it seems as though Orleanna is walking
away from her problems, she is simply standing up for her rights and standing
up for Ruth May as she walks away from Nathan. Leah was forced to stay behind
after part of the journey as she came down with malaria. Eventually Leah
becomes a teacher, Adah works her way towards becoming a doctor, and Orleanna advocates
civil rights.
Rachel’s selfish and arrogant personality
becomes even more apparent as she stays behind while the rest of the women
continue. Although she is unhappy, she convinces herself otherwise. She does
not understand why she never meets any friends or receives any visits from
family as she is still blinded by her selfishness.
Orleanna, Adah, and Leah have moved
on and redeemed themselves from what has happened, while Rachel is still blind.
